How to Use punch up in a Sentence

punch up

verb

• Hold the weight up over the chest, punched up towards the ceiling.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 13 Mar. 2023
• A bit of fish sauce can be added to the shrimp pasta to punch up the briny flavor of the seafood.
  — Sunset Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
• To help punch up the event, the White House Correspondents’ Assn.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Apr. 2022
• Even when the jokes land, people online will still try to punch up the punchline.
  — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 14 Jan. 2022
• Not feeling the need to punch up but to be with the people in your community.
  — Anatola Araba Pabst, ELLE, 20 May 2022
• In the morning of the earth’s creation, 385 million years ago, before Príncipe's fist of rock punched up from the ocean floor, the fish walked out of the sea on its fins.
  — Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
• Jokes, if nothing else, should always punch up, not down.
  — WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
• Paint isn't the only way to punch up furniture or update a room.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Jan. 2023
• Grab one in black to endlessly punch up all your favorite fits.
  — Bernd Fischer, Men's Health, 2 Aug. 2022
• Underneath is a slick of aioli, both herbaceous and acidic, punched up with Thai basil and more citrus.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
• Give CrowdStrike credit at least for trying to punch up.
  — Dan Gallagher, wsj.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• Read it: Comedians like Chappelle, Gervais want to punch down, but what about the need to punch up?
  — Staff Report, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
• Chili crisp punches up mac ’n’ cheese, and more chiles season candied bacon for green beans.
  — Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• And this one comes in a bunch of neutral and vibrant hues, from pale peach to deep violet, to punch up your holiday style.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2023
• And browned butter and pickled ginger punch up the flavor in a simple skillet recipe.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• The new, larger role for George was just one of several ideas Hogan had suggested to punch up the original script.
  — Scott Meslow, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2022
• Marvel didn’t just recast a side character or have someone punch up a script, no.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
• Plus, their joy-inducing array of eye-catching styles and thick, cushioned foam base punch up any look.
  — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2022
• Wild mushrooms, fresh thyme, and orange peel really punch up the flavor.
  — Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
• The new trailer is filled with classic Western tropes, which Almodóvar has punched up and shot through with his distinct style.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Apr. 2023
• Written by Ernest Lehman, then punched up, gloriously, by co-writer Clifford Odets, the movie is a writer’s movie to the core.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
• Just a spoonful goes a long way in punching up endless dishes, like stir-fries, stews, braises, and marinades.
  — Jing Gao, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2023
• It’s got all of my favorite bagel-and-lox flavors, with goat cheese subbing in for the cream cheese, and a lemony dressing punched up with capers and black pepper.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• The Louisiana native was always ready with a keyboard riff to punch up one of Colbert’s jokes.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
• Toward that end, Dunlop keeps a mist sprayer of cider vinegar to punch up proteins and sauces and a squeeze bottle of warm brown butter to finish meat or fish.
  — Bill Ward Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
• However, those films won’t have a writer on hand to punch up dialogue or smooth out plot problems.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Feb. 2023
• The filling is punched up with oregano, smoked paprika, garlic powder, cayenne and allspice.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• The best comedy punches up at people in power, not down at unprotected people and these comics have been in the game long enough to know this.
  — Tayo Bero, refinery29.com, 9 Mar. 2023
• The algorithms in our smartphones brighten eyes and teeth, smooth skin, punch up a sunset and artfully blur backgrounds.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• And then Parts 1 and 2 are about a guy looking at the establishment and punching up to try and succeed and going against a villain from the establishment.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024